Re: [NGO] external module properties

[Andy Bierman <ietf at andybierman.com>]

Martin Bjorklund wrote:
> Andy Bierman <ietf at andybierman.com> wrote:
>> Martin Bjorklund wrote:
>>> Andy Bierman <ietf at andybierman.com> wrote:
>>>>> Namespace information is needed for parsers to work properly in case
>>>>> of identifier clashes. And I am sure the IETF will require that
>>>>> revision clauses are present in YANG modules. But this is not a
>>>>> technical requirement of the language itself; it is a usage guideline
>>>>> requirement. I believe this distinction is worthwhile to make.
>>>> no -- the prefix is needed for the language parser.
>>>> The namespace URI string isn't used anywhere in YANG.
>>> It is needed in the NETCONF data that YANG defines.  Thus it is an
>>> essential property in a YANG module.
>>>
>> not really.  I don't think RFC 4741 says so.
> 
> It is needed to avoid name clashes in the XML, e.g. if two modules have
> the same top-level element name.
> 

I know that, but it is mandatory in NETCONF, not YANG.

> 
> /martin
> 


Andy



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